ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


April 1 9 9 4 / 1 8 7

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f r o m  th e

Field

M ary Ellen Davis

Florida's LINCC joins 28 
community colleges …
Florida’s Edison Community 
College was connected to the 
Library Information Network 
fo r C o m m u n ity C o lle g e s  
(LINCC) in February in a spe­
cial ribbon-cutting ceremony 
at the College Center for Li­
brary Automation (CCLA) in 
Tallahassee. LINCC provides 
Florida’s one million commu­
nity co lleg e students with 
access to the resources o f the 
state ’s 28 com m unity co l­
leges; a user-friendly link with LUIS, the State 
University System's automated library system; 
and a gateway connection to the Internet, on­
line encyclopedia, and other databases. The li­
brary automation project, being implemented 
by CCLA, is an initial five-year $15 million ef­
fort mandated by the Florida Legislature in 1989. 
State Board o f Community Colleges chair Rich­
ard W. D’Alemberte estimated that LINCC has 
saved the state o f Florida $45 million over what 
it would have cost to automate the community 
colleges’ campus libraries individually. When 
fully operational, LINCC will support circula­
tion, acquisitions, serials control, and audiovi­
sual material booking.

…  and LINCC security withstands 
challenge
Staff at the College Center for Library Automa­
ton (CCLA) in Tallahassee, Florida, identified a 
system performance problem in January that 
was traced to a Library Information Network 
for Community Colleges (LINCC) public com ­
puter terminal at St. Petersburg Junior College. 
The next day college staff apprehended two 
students who have been charged with respon­
sibility for the incident. CCLA  director J. Rich­
ard Madaus said that “While the incident caused 
momentary inconvenience to staff using LINCC, 
at no time was LINCC system security breached. 
CCLA staff quickly activated standard system 
troubleshooting and security procedures, avoid­
ing significant interruption o f service.” The situ­
ation was generated by a search in LINCC’s 
online library catalog that was performed re­
peatedly in conjunction with a little-known 
system file creation capability. CCLA staff im­
mediately alerted campus library staff at St.

Petersburg and worked co­
operatively with them to 
resolve the problem. CCLA 
has taken technical mea­
sures to prevent a recur­
rence o f the incident. Ac­
cessing computer services 
in a manner that causes de­
nial o f services to other us­
ers is deemed an offense 
under Florida law and the 
incident is being pursued by 
authorities.

Clinton's community 
service idea becomes reality
The Corporation for National and Community 
Service (CNCS) is a new federal entity created 
by the National and Community Service Trust 
Act of 1993. CNCS will administer AmeriCorps, 
President Clinton's national service initiative to 
address the nation’s critical education, human, 
public safety, and environmental needs through 
service that provides a direct benefit to the com­
munity in which it is performed. Grant appli­
cations may be submitted by not-for-profit or­
ganizations; local, state, and federal government 
entities; institutions of higher education; local 
school and police districts; Native American 
tribes; and by partnership among any of the 
above. Regulations are printed in the January 7 
Federal Register (45 CFR Part 2510). For more 
information, contact the corporation at 1100 
Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20525; 
(202) 606-4949.

OhioLINK installs online borrowing 
system
The O hio Library and Information Network 
(OhioLINK) completed in January installation 
o f its patron-initiated online borrowing system 
that, according to Tom Sanville, OhioLINK di­
rector, “eliminates the cumbersome intermedi­
ate steps of traditional interlibrary loan, both 
for patron and library. In many cases a patron 
can have an item in 48 hours.” Users execute a 
search against the statewide central catalog. If 
a desired item is found available, a keystroke 
sends a request for the item to the owning li­
brary. Loans are shipped to the patron’s library 
within several days. The online borrowing func­
tion was developed by Innovative Interfaces, 
Inc., for OhioLINK’s INNOPAC system and automates



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 the requesting and lending functions 
for interinstitutional borrowing. Patrons are au­
tomatically validated against their local library 
system and approved for borrowing before the 
request is completed. With 10 of the 18 mem­
bers fully loaded in the central catalog, 60% of 
the collection is uniquely held. OhioLINK will 
offer more than 20 million items by fall 1995. 
OhioLINK is a state-funded library network 
offering a central catalog, reference databases, 
and Internet services for students, faculty, and 
other researchers at institutions of higher edu­
cation in Ohio.

Iow a completes automation study
Library staff at the University of Iowa, Iowa 
State University, and the University of North­
ern Iowa, with the help of a $40,000 grant from 
the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, recently com­
pleted a feasibility study o f linking the online 
catalogs of the state’s library.

The study, which included surveys of exist­
ing networks, 18 libraries, and information from 
several Iowa software companies, found that 
about 21 Iowa libraries could link their sys­
tems with software currently on the market; 
other libraries could be linked using software 
currently in the developmental stages at sev­
eral of the Iowa companies. The study esti­
mated that costs to join the network for Iowa’s 
smaller libraries would average around $10,000, 
while larger libraries with mainframes would

require about $133,000. Many Iowa libraries 
have already received funding for the project 
through grants and private sources. A pilot ver­
sion of the network, the next step in the pro­
cess, will be handled by the Iowa Research and 
Education Network, an organization with nearly 
60 member institutions that assists schools in 
gaining access to the Internet. When completed, 
the computer network project, called the Iowa 
Library Information Project, will enable library 
users from one library to locate materials in 
other libraries instantly.

Two-millionth book celebrates 
women in science
A rare two-volume book by 18th-century Ital­
ian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi is the 
two-millionth volume selected for the Iowa 
State University (ISU) Library. Agnesi’s book, 
Instituzioni A n alitich e (A n aly tical Institutions), 
looks at the mathematical concepts that were 
new at the time it was published in 1748. The 
book won immediate acclaim  in academ ic 
circles all over Europe and established Agnesi 
as the first female mathematician in the West­
ern World. The Agnesi work was purchased 
with a $20,000 gift from Evelyn Weber, a bio­
chemist at the University of Illinois at Urbana 
who received her doctorate in biochemistry 
from ISU in 1961. Agnesi’s work also comple­
ments ISU’s new Archives o f Women in Sci­
ence and Engineering which will document the 

lives, careers, and contributions 
o f women scientists and engi­
neers. During a public ceremony 
on April 16, the Iowa State com­
munity will celebrate the addi­
tion o f its two-millionth volume 
and inaugurate the new archives.

BIS seeks editor
ACRL’s Bibliographic Instruction 
Section (BIS) is seeking candi­
dates for the editorship o f its 
newsletter. The candidate se ­
lected should be a member of 
BIS and have experience with 
bibliograph ic instruction and 
newsletters. The editor should 
plan on: attending ALA Annual 
C o n fe re n c e s  and  M idw inter 
Meetings during his/her term as 
editor (1 9 9 4 -9 6 ), serving as a 
member o f the BIS Communica­
tion Committee and as ex officio

This quilt w as h and m ad e by  K a re n  High, a  fo r m e r m e m b e r o f  
th e N orth  C arolin a State U niversity Lib raries’ staff. It is based 
o n  th e lib raries’ logo c re a te d  b y  B u rn ey  D esign o f  Raleigh and 
in tro d u ced  at th e lib raries’ ce n te n n ia l in  1 9 8 9 . It h angs in the 
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member o f the BIS Advisory Council, and at­
tending ACRL Section Newsletter Editors meet­
ings. Candidates should submit samples of their 
work as part o f the application and must de­
scribe the equipment they have available for 
use. (Desktop publishing experience is a plus 
and an electronic mail account will expedite 
communication with BIS members. The news­
letter may be published in an electronic form 
in the future.) The new editor will be chosen 
at the 1994 Annual Conference in Miami and 
will work with the current editor on the fall 
1994 issue. Applications should be sent by May 
20th to: Beth S. Woodard, BIS Communication 
Committee Chair, Central Information Services 
Librarian, 300 Library, University o f Illinois Li­
brary, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801.

Staff development is topic of new 
ACRL CLIP Note
Library administrators can find guidance for 
developing policies on staff development in 
the latest CLIP (College Library Information 
P a c k e t) N ote S eries 
from ACRL: S ta ff Devel­
o p m en t a n d  C on tin u ­
in g  E d u c a t i o n , CLIP 
Note #18. In an era of 
rapid  te c h n o lo g ic a l 
change coupled with 
budget constraints, staff 
development and con­
tinuing education are 
crucial for librarians.
T h is  b o o k  su rv e y s 
practices in college li­
braries to further staff education and training. 
It covers a range o f concerns for the adminis­
trator desiring to establish or revise a formal 
development program, such as policy devel­
opment, budgets, orientation programs, and re­
gional cooperation. Examples are given from 
both library and collegewide staff development 
policy statements, as well as other areas o f edu­
cation and training, such as needs assessments, 
survey forms, and orientation and mentoring 
programs.

S ta ff D evelopm en t a n d  C ontinuing E d u c a ­
tion was compiled by Elizabeth A. Suddith, head 
of library technical services at Randolph-Ma­
con College, and Lynn W. Livingston, informa­
tion services librarian at Rider College, under 
the auspices o f the ACRL College Libraries Sec­
tions’ CLIP Notes Committee. It is available for 
$22.95 ($19.95 to ACRL members) from the

American Library Association, Order Depart­
ment, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 
0-8389-7710-3. For faster service, orders may 
be telephoned to (800) 545-2433, press 7, or 
faxed to (312) 440-9374.

Creative ideas and research sought
ACRL s e e k s  c re a tiv e  p a p e r, p ro g ram , 
preconference, and poster session proposals for 
its 7th National Conference in Pittsburgh, Penn­
sylvania, March 
29-April 1, 1995.
Letters o f intent 
to submit a pro­
p o sa l are  d u e 
May 1, 1994; full 
p r o p o s a ls  are 
due July 1, 1994.
Complete details 
o n  s u b m ittin g  
proposals may be 
found in the “Call 
for Papers” insert 
in th e  Ja n u a r y  
1994 C&RL News 
or contact the ACRL office at (800) 545-2433 
ext. 2514 or by e-mail: Mary.Ellen.Davis@ala.org 
to have a “Call for Papers” sent to you.

Represent ACRL in Miami Beach
Greet old friends, meet new people, and have 
fun in Miami Beach. Volunteer to staff ACRL’s 
membership booth at the ALA Annual Confer­
ence in Miami Beach, Florida, June 25-28,1994. 
Interested ACRL members should contact Arlene 
Luchsinger, Science Library, University of Geor­
gia, Athens, GA 30605-7412; e-mail: aluchsin® 
uga.cc.uga.edu; fax: (706) 542-6523; voice: (706) 
542-0691.

Share your NLW celebration 
with C&RL News

C&RL News wants to hear about the clever 
and unique ways you promote and celebrate 
National Library Week (NLW). Send photos 
and a brief (150-200 words) write-up of your 
best NLW promotion idea to C&RL News, 
NLW Celebrations, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, 
IL 60611. The most interesting ideas and 
photos will be published in a future issue of 
C&RL News.

mailto:Mary.Ellen.Davis@ala.org


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RBMS w ill rescind G uidelines on M anυstripts 
and A rchives packet

In 1978 the Rare Books and Manuscripts 
Section (RBMS) o f ACRL and the Society of 
American Archivists (SAA) Committee on Ref­
erence and Access Policies developed the 
ALA-SAA J o i n t  Statem ent on  A ccess to Origi­
n a l R esearch  M aterials in Libraries, Archives, 
a n d  M an u scrip t R ep ositories (C&RL News, 
April 1979, pp. 111-12). Since then this state­
ment has been distributed by ACRL as part of 
a packet entitled G u idelin es on  M anuscripts 
& Archives.

In response to a request by ACRL for peri­
odic review o f the packet, RBMS established 
an Ad Hoc Archives and Manuscripts Guide­
lines Review Committee, which decided to 
update those documents pertaining to access 
and reproduction. The revised statement, 
which was referred to the ALA/SAA Joint Com­
mittee on Library-Archives Relationships, is 
titled ALA-SAA J o i n t  S tatem en t o n  A ccess: 
G u id elin es f o r  A ccess to O rig in al R esearch  
M aterials. It was published as a draft for com­
ment in C&RL News, December 1993, pp. 6 4 8 - 
49, and was approved by the RBMS Execu­
tive Committee, the ACRL Standards and 
Accreditation Committee, the ACRL Board, and 
the ALA Standards Committee at the ALA Mid­
winter Meeting in Los Angeles, February 1994.

The ALA/SAA Joint Committee decided that 
the other three components of the original

UC-Berkeley approves information 
management school
The Academic Planning Board of the University of 
California at Berkeley has approved a proposal to 
establish a School of Information Management and 
Systems. The new school will meet the needs asso­
ciated with the rapid development of information 
capabilities and technologies.

Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien enthusiastically 
endorsed the Board’s recommendation to cre­
ate the new school, which would replace the 
School of Library and Information Studies. Ad­
missions into the school were suspended last 
fall pending an in-depth review of the emerg­
ing field of information management systems. 
The proposal must now be presented to the 
UC Regents for approval.

packet were contradictory, outdated, and not 
appropriate for re-issue as ACRL guidelines: 
Statem ent on A ppraisal o f  Gifts (1973), State­
m en t o n  Legal Title (1973), and Universal Gift 
F orm  a n d  Instructions (1975). The compli­
cated legal issues involved in promulgating 
such statements have been dealt with effec­
tively elsewhere, such as A rchives & M an u ­
scripts: Law  by Gary M. Peterson and Trudy 
Huskamp Peterson (Chicago: Society of Ameri­
can Archivists, 1985).

Therefore, the ALA/SAA Joint Committee 
recommended that these three documents 
be rescinded. The RBMS Executive Commit­
tee concurs and informed the ACRL Stan­
dards and Accreditation Committee o f its 
intention in a letter dated February 1, 1994. 
The latter committee and the ACRL Board 
both voted at the ALA Midwinter Meeting 
that RBMS may proceed with the rescission 
process.

The proposal for rescission will be dis­
cussed during the 1994 ALA Annual Confer­
ence in Miami Beach at the meeting o f the 
RBMS Executive Committee at 2:00 p.m. on 
Friday, June 24. Written comments should be 
addressed to: Nancy Burkett, Librarian, Ameri­
can Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, 
Worcester, MA 01609, no later than June 10, 
1994.

Nancy Van House, acting dean of the School 
of Library and Information Studies, praised the 
proposal saying, “We now move into imple­
menting a new research and educational pro­
gram to meet the changing information environ­
ment and the needs of California. The impact of 
networked information has been compared to 
Gutenberg in changing how we use information.” 

The mission of the new program will be to 
advance the understanding of the organization, 
management and use o f information and infor­
mation technology, and the impact of informa­
tion on individuals and institutions. The school 
will have a technical component, addressing 
the design of information systems and a social 
sciences component, concerned with the people 
who create and use information. ■